Lemon and coconut slice
Alison Alexander
slice
Ingredients
- 125g butter, melted
- ½ cup (75g) caster sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup (150g) self-raising flour
- 1 cup (85g) desiccated coconut
- Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
Icing:
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
- 2 cups icing sugar
- Juice of ½ lemon
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 160ºC.
- Line a 20cm square cake tin with baking paper.
- Place the ingredients into a bowl and stir gently with a whisk or large spoon.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for about 25 minutes or until lightly coloured on top and cake is cooked when tested with a skewer.
- Remove from the oven and leave in the tin for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire cooling rack and leave to cool completely.
For the icing:
- Combine the butter and icing sugar in a food processor or stir in a mixing bowl with a large spoon.
- Add the lemon juice, a teaspoon at a time, until it is of spreading consistency.
- Place the cooled cake on a serving plate and top with the icing, spreading with an offset spatula until smooth.
- Set aside for the icing to set.
- Cut into squares or fingers.